DAY THIRTY SIX… 13.11 miles (21.10 km) Set off late due to delay in poha arriving and late chai, not to mention, yet another power cut. We even had to…
DAY 35…Sariska to Bakhtpura
DAY THIRTY FIVE… 23.98 miles (38.60 km) At last we get to cycle through the tiger sanctuary! Early morning too. The wardens at the gate too sleepy to notice two…
DAY 34…Bhangarh Fort to Sariska
DAY THIRTY FOUR… 29.39 miles (47.30 km) We are not allowed to cycle through the sanctuary. Apparently, we will be eaten by tigers on our bikes, so we have to…
DAY 33… Abhaneri to Bhangarh Fort
DAY THIRTY THREE… 31.07 miles (50.00 km) Our requests for tea and Poha were met with great enthusiasm. Our tea arrived before our alarm had even gone off. And poha,…
DAY 32… Gangapur to Abhaneri
DAY THIRTY TWO… 47.41 miles (76.30 km) We arrived from Gangapur on easy, and thankfully beautifully surfaced roads through peaceful rural areas and small, though nothing is really that small,…
DAY 31… Sawai Madhopur to Gangapur
DAY THIRTY ONE… 47.72 miles (76.80 km) We set off at 7am today, a bit later due to the excessive chill in the air in the early morning. A nice…
DAY 30… Sawai Madhopur (Ranthambore)
DAY THIRTY Alysun’s words… Today we just rested, hoping for the illness to pass quickly, which it did. Though not quite as quickly as I’d hoped, so by the end…
DAY 29… Sawai Madhopur (Ranthambore)
DAY TWENTY NINE The tiger safari began 6.30am with a ride in a cantor (sort of elongated jeep) round many of the posher hotels in Ranthambore. There is no suspension…
DAY 28… Tonk to Sawai Madhopur
DAY TWENTY EIGHT… 42.87 miles (69.00 km) The ride today was pretty easy and we noticed a change in how people treated us as we got further away from Tonk….
DAY 27… Rajmahal to Tonk
DAY TWENTY SEVEN… 36.35 miles (58.50 km) The day began so well with a road with beautifully smooth tarmac, that I thought might go on forever (foolishly). After 10 miles,…